#women

In Turkey, outside big cities, social life concentrates on coffee houses, that is, if you are a man. This week, the customers of a coffee house in a village in the Mediterranean region saw a young wom...

I’ve explored this issue, briefly, before. I’m not sure why the New Statesman piece has a picture of Galloway. Irony, I suppose. (By the by, the first comment on the New Statesman piece, from one Plai...

“They’re just stupid girls who wanted to gain popularity. Young punk bands can’t be that political, they can’t be that patriotic. If they had had a certain degree of intelligence, they would never hav...

Last one.From: inourwordsblog
I’m a feminist. Hold your crinkled up noses, shivers, and gasps back for one second. In fact, I would like to politely suggest you please take those reactions and gracef...

“My conclusion is that it’s not the word ‘feminist’ that people object to. It’s not even the facts – few people, even the most ‘anti-feminist’ I have come across, deny (when pressed) that women should...

I do so tire of the feminist as a dirty word/ undesirable identity issue, and the fact that that is very often perpetuated by women and not men. What follows today is a series of brief posts about tha...

I expect many of you will be familiar with the recent Observer article by Elizabeth Day about philosopher David Benatar’s claims that “sexism against men is a widespread yet unspoken malaise.” (You ma...

This is a good read for anyone interested in women’s rights in general, and particularly the rights of women in Ireland.
Recently, I tuned into Irish radio station 2FM to listen to Anthea McTeirnan, ...

[Trigger warning for violence.]
This piece from alternet.org really doesn't require much additional comment. A report (link to PDF) from a group called UN Women has revealed some frightening views o...

Hat tip to redlightpolitics for this piece. From the article at The Telegraph:
Mr Hilton, the Prime Minister’s strategy director, reportedly suggested the radical ideas during discussions on scrappi...

How feminism could improve judicial decision-making
The Feminist Judgments Project offers a vision as to what the law might look like if there were (more) feminist judges, and in doing so, challenges...

The movement that was a fad (feminism)roundrockministry:
What is the legacy of feminism? Undoubtedly, our American society as well as much of the world have become aware of many things with perhaps t...

The world’s first antifeminism gathering is taking place in a secret location in Switzerland
In a written statement prepared for Saturday’s meeting, Andersson has drawn up five key beliefs of antifem...

“All decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people who are not feminists are those who believe that women are inherently inferior or undeserving of the respect and opportunity afforde...

Who Stole Feminism?
Sarah Palin opposes abortion and comprehensive sex education. While mayor of Wasilla she made sexual assault victims pay for their own rape kits. She also calls herself a feminist...

Attacking what academics choose to research and how they do it seems slightly odd to me. I have no romantic ideas about freedom of academic thought but I do suppose people end up researching general a...